Don’t say Aprilia, say ‘Team A’

The Aprilia Racing Team is this Friday the penultimate MotoGP team to make its official presentation via streaming from the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimao on the eve of the start of the final pre-season test for the premier class which will take place on Saturday and Sunday at the Portuguese circuit where the highly anticipated 2023 MotoGP World Championship will begin from March. 24 to 26.

Aleix Espargaró and Maverick Viñales They arrive at this presentation almost a month after shining in the first pre-season test in Sepang, where the Aprilias gave the Ducati host the most expensive.

And another Aprilia Racing makes it clear that they are the most creative -See the video in May last year when Fernando Alonso himself was involved in ‘signing’ for Aprilia to the anger of Aleix Espargaró-. They presented in their two-minute presentation video the entry of an episode of the mythical series ‘The A team’, in which the ‘Boss’ Massimo Rivola plays ‘Hannibal’ – the air is spent on his gray hair-, with tobacco , the inventor of machines, ‘El Professor’ Masimo Rivola and his great team that nothing is impossible: ‘El Capitan’ Aleix Espargaró, ‘Top Gun’ Maverick Viñales and ‘La Sonrisa’ Lorenzo Savadori and presented his ‘The Secret Weapon’ ‘, the RS-GP of 2023.

And they went straight to the Portimao circuit for the conventional presentation with the whole team as a witness, in that they have also distanced themselves from a conventional presentation of new colors, in this case already seen on the track, with only the starting drivers.

This is the Aprilia RS-GP 23

Rivolathe team manager, acknowledged that “a great job has been done in Noale, we are very motivated because for us it is a great opportunity. It will be a double job for everyone with 42 races, we will try to give our best. If when last year we had no expectations and we were the surprise and this year we have and we have to confirm it”.

Roman Albesianthe technical director, explained that “the bike is developed in almost all parts and the most difficult thing is to test this development on the track with only five days, we did a good job in Sepang and expect we will have good weather in Portugal. And also support for the satellite team. For us this is a promising campaign”

Aleix Espargaro, This Aprilia Racing captain, recognized that “I am ready for this big challenge for me, I have trained hard like every winter and I am more than motivated and hungry to compete like I did last year. It won’t be easy because we have twice as many races and the expectations are high and you have to wait. The first test went pretty well and we’ll see how far we can go.”

Pair upto Maverick Vinales “The team has done a wonderful job, I have been to the factory twice trying to understand the development of the bike. This year I feel it more for me, I feel one with it and it is easier for mine to ride. And we have included new people like Manu Cazeaux (his former coach at Suzuki and in recent years with Rins) who completes a great circle. The most important thing is to compete every weekend until in the end.”

The RNF Aprilia will be the last to come out

Only one team remains to appear before the start of the World Cup and this is the team that will make the most changes for 2023, new motorcycles -from Yamaha to Aprilia-, new colors and new riders, with The Portuguese who Miguel Oliveira and the Spaniard Raúl Fernández as banners. It will be on March 16 in Estoril when the RNF MotoGP Team will make its official presentation on Portuguese soil, taking advantage of the media pull of Miguel Oliveira, who has become one of the top athletes in the neighboring country due to his achievements in MotoGP.